Might mean (unverified): Lacking any preserved remains, fossils.
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  1. nonfossiliferous: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonfossiliferous: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  (paleontology) Not fossiliferous; not containing fossils.

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non-fossiliferous, unfossiliferous, unfossilized, nonfossilized, unfossilizable, noncarboniferous, nonfossil, fossilized, non-fossil, nondinosaurian, more...

Opposite:
fossiliferous, containing fossils, fossil-bearing

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non-fossiliferous, unfossiliferous, unfossilized, nonfossilized, unfossilizable, noncarboniferous, nonfossil, fossilized, non-fossil, nondinosaurian, more...

Opposite:
fossiliferous, containing fossils, fossil-bearing



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